a
living wage(This is an exception to the rule. Here,
"living" is pronounced as an adjective, which would normally mean, "the wage is
living". But the meaning is really that of a verbal-noun, i.e., the activity of
living. A "living wage" really means a "wage for the activity of living". This
should be pronounced the same as the combinations in Table 1 on this page -
http://ielts-yasi.englishlab.net/Verb+ing_pronunciation_error.htm ]